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Your avocado toast is funding drug cartels: how Mexican cartels became involved in the avocado industry
University of West Florida Libraries
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
2021
Abstract
Avocados have experienced substantial growth since NAFTA ended the ban on Mexican avocados in 1994. Mexico's state of Michoacán passed USDA inspection criteria and was the only place allowed to export avocados to the US. One in four jobs in Michoacán are avocado related.
Not surprisingly, cartels have inserted themselves into the avocado supply chain to take advantage of the booming business. The first group to extort avocados was Los Zetas.
Details
- Title
- Your avocado toast is funding drug cartels
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
- Contributors
- Dr. Erin Stone (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090762506600
- Academic Unit
- Office of Undergraduate Research; 2021 Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase
- Language
- English